Sold TT Wife wants to get TC
Got rid of the 23 foot travel trailer, as we didn't like being a 40' long entity. Now I am ready to start looking for a truck and TC. My question is I am not sure what to get. Maybe you can help with ...
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jefe 4x4 wrote:
Sky,
Since you are towing, not TC-ing, it seems to me you made the right decision with the 10K max. It would be interesting to know what the differences to the truck are between the 10K package and the 14K package. My guess is the 14K package has:
larger rear AAM axle spline count and larger ring gear and pinion.
more springs in the main pack and thicker overload spring
more springs in the upper secondary pack
bigger brakes
one more or larger cross member over the rear axle
the biggest automatic transmission with a larger cooler.
jefe
Sorry if I wasn't clear -- the truck is unchanged at 13,300 GVWR. On the registration form you can check different boxes for different loaded GVW you intend to use. If you check the 10K box, the price is cheaper. I never heard of this on the TC forum, so I was surprised when that was presented to me. Didn't know which box to check, so I just checked the one that cost me less money.
This is the form I am referring to: DMV Form 4008. The instruction page says that you can change it at any time once you decide that your maximum operating weight is higher. Problem is, jumping from 10K to 15K is going to cost me $332 more. Yikes!
OK, one last edit. I just found out that "Pickups" are excluded if they are under 8,001 lbs unladen weight. Mine is at about 7,300 lbs so should not be subject to this at all. I have to assume that the dealer made a mistake and I just hope this doesn't cause me problems down the road.
